Comparison

UVT vs Optical Toolkit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

UVT

This utility app offers detailed notes on essential networking color codes and wiring schemes. It also guides users through configuring static IP addresses on U-verse gateways.

Highlights
  • 25 pair copper color code notes
  • Fiber optic color code notes
  • RJ-45 wiring scheme
  • Static IP addressing setup
  • U-verse gateway configuration
Features
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UV Trainer provides notes on 25 pair copper color code, fiber optic color code, and RJ-45 wiring scheme. This app will also walk you thru setting up static IP addressing on a uverse gateway.

About

Optical Toolkit

Features
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The Optical Toolkit is a professional reference app for optical networking engineers — the calculators, quick conversions, reference data, and OTDR trace handling you reach for every day, in one place that works fully offline. WHY THIS APP EXISTS It came from personal need. As a working optical engineer I kept needing a quick OSNR check, a unit conversion, a standards value, or a fast look at a .sor trace — and kept reaching for scattered spreadsheets, PDFs, and laptop tools. So I built the toolkit I wanted in my own pocket, and I am sharing it free so every engineer, student, and enthusiast who works with fiber can take advantage of it. CALCULATORS — 47 TOOLS Link design: OSNR span design with FEC presets, EOL budget, nonlinear phase, Raman hybrid noise figure, GOSNR combining, rise-time budget, SBS/SRS thresholds, fiber mode and cutoff, extinction-ratio penalty, and Shannon capacity with modulation targets. DWDM: coherent rate and OSNR planning, guard-band planning with vendor rules, channel capacity by band, and ITU grid tools. Converters: dBm/mW, OSNR/SNR, wavelength/frequency, and more. Every input carries units, ranges, and engineering presets; results include pass/fail verdicts and margins. OTDR TRACES ON YOUR PHONE Open .sor trace files directly. The reader decodes fixed parameters, key events, and data points, draws the trace with color-coded event markers, and produces an analysis report: span length, total loss, ORL, event classification against thresholds, and recommendations. FULL REFERENCE LIBRARY 59 reference tables — fiber standards (G.652 through G.657) side by side, coherent scaling laws, guard-band thumb rules, a channel quick database, transceiver formats — plus a 394-term glossary, 427 alarm definitions with troubleshooting, 550 specification parameters, and a master search across everything. BUILT FOR THE FIELD Everything works offline — airplane mode included. No account, no tracking, no analytics. SOR files are parsed on the device and never uploaded. Light and dark themes, adjustable fonts and text size, and favorites to pin the tools you use daily. Made by MapYourTech for optical, DWDM, and DCI engineers, students, and NOC teams.

Screenshots

UVT4 screens
Optical Toolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Optical Toolkit at none against UVT's shown. UVT's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
UVT versus Optical Toolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUVTOptical Toolkit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKumpeApps LLCSanjay Yadav

In-app purchases

None

UVT

No in-app purchases

None

Optical Toolkit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UVT free?
UVT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Optical Toolkit free?
Optical Toolkit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do UVT or Optical Toolkit have ads?
UVT shows ads; Optical Toolkit does not.

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